Editorial

A breach beyond banks: the Infosys incident and its wider implications

The Bank of America recently revealed that it had been hit with a security breach that has impacted thousands of its customers.
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Spatial computing explained

Discover how spatial computing, heralded by Apple's Vision Pro, has set the stage for a revolutionary fusion of digital and physical worlds that transcends traditional AR, VR, and MR boundaries.
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Too smart to obey: What if IoT devices turn against humanity

Brace yourself as your smart devices decide to sabotage you.
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Cybernews podcast #26: Love, Apps + Robots

Want to finally settle? Get married? Find another wife or husband? Quite obviously, this is an important decision. And chances are, in order to find the one, you’re going to do it online – especially if you’re under or around 30.
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EU’s AI Act might clip wings of small tech startups – interview

With the final text of the AI Act now approved by EU member states, Alon Yamin, the CEO of Copyleaks, a young AI startup, says he’s concerned that the regulation might hurt smaller firms.
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I tested out AI pick-up lines and it went better than expected

ChatGPT may be able to generate ‘original’ pick-up lines, but guess what? They’re still a bit sad. That said, when I tried them out in a couple of bars – purely for research purposes, of course – the reaction, quite surprisingly, wasn’t entirely negative.
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The dark side of internet trolling: cyber flashing and epilepsy trolling explained

Trolling sounds relatively harmless yet it can have serious consequences that are far-reaching and sometimes fatal.
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Nightshade's 250K downloads underscore artists' stance against AI infringement

An AI poisoning tool has ignited the conversation about the future of creative rights and AI art.
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Cyber pros think you should disconnect your TV from the internet

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Privacy invasions and ad bombardments give some idea of where the smart TV market is going. But worse yet, cybersecurity experts are worried that the devices are increasingly hijacked for use in DDoS attacks and distributing illegal content.
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Cybernews podcast #25: AI gives abortion advice

The newest episode of the Cybernews podcast discusses the ins and outs of AI-guided abortions.
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Apple Vision Pro: a potential privacy nightmare, for just $3.5K

Apple has a reputation for being one of the most privacy-minded tech companies, but with its new $3,499 Vision Pro it might just have built the ultimate surveillance machine.
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What to do when deep fakes break our trust

The intersection of deep fakes and other verification abuses is breaking internet trust, possibly leading to a cascade of unstoppable fraud. But can identity decentralization save us?
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Port scanning and legality

One day, I was sitting at home minding my business and watching my firewall traffic. I was already in a heightened state of awareness because a foreign IP address had pinged my network.
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A review of Garrett M. Graff's UFO odyssey

Garrett M. Graff’s book, UFO. The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here – and Out There, came out in December, 2023.
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AI hype: a solution to a non-existent problem

Merely mentioning artificial intelligence could mean troves of investors at your door. Soon, that might not be enough – the hype must live up to reality. If it doesn’t, the bubble will burst.
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Making the future of work sustainable

John Kerry, the US Special Envoy for Climate, recently explained that the world was "way off track" in maintaining its pledge to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius – a figure that’s widely accepted as needed to keep climate change under control.
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Cybernews podcast #24: AI mirror privacy nightmare explained

This week, the Cybernews podcast is stepping into the world of smart mirrors.
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Could Europe ban X in 2024?

The European Union has opened an investigation into X, formerly Twitter, for breaches of the Digital Services Act – but could it lead to a ban?
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The powerful cyber weapons that can fit in your pocket

Nowadays, we have access to a large cache of cyber weapons that can fit neatly concealed in our pockets. They’re capable of hitting hard across the radio airwaves, making wireless-based attacks more seamless, autonomous, and effective. This article explores a few devices and misuse scenarios.
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Pandora’s box: AI in an X-rated world

Artificial intelligence (AI) and pornography seem like an unlikely pair. However, the relationship between them is growing ever-entangled as AI is being used to create pornographic content.
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